Craig Becker

News Release: Worker Advocate Challenges Constitutionality of Obama’s Controversial Labor Board Recess Appointments

Anthony Riedel — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:28:45 -0500

Worker Advocate Challenges Constitutionality of Obama's Controversial Labor Board Recess Appointments

Case over controversial NLRB posting becomes first legal challenge to Presidential attempt to make "recess appointments" without actual recess of the Senate

Washington, DC (January 13, 2012) – Today, National Right to Work Foundation attorneys filed a motion in federal court challenging the legality of President Barack Obama's recent purported recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

News Release: Worker Advocate Blasts Obama Labor Board Rule Change

Anthony Riedel — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 11:31:48 -0500

Worker Advocate Blasts Obama Labor Board Rule Change

New rule would allow union bosses to ambush workers into forced-dues-paying union ranks

Washington, DC (December 22, 2011) – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announced new guidelines that give union organizers the upper hand over independent-minded employees in representation elections which will be implemented on April 30, 2012.

News Release: Obama Labor Board Kills Important Secret Ballot Precedent

Anthony Riedel — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:09:02 -0400

Obama Labor Board Kills Important Secret Ballot Precedent

Worker advocate denounces NLRB’s ruling to take away protection workers have against card check forced unionism

Washington, DC (August 30, 2011) – Today, Barack Obama's National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) overturned its Dana Corp. decision, in which National Right to Work Foundation attorneys secured for employees the right to challenge union card check organizing campaigns with a secret ballot vote.

Labor Day Recap: National Right to Work Exposes Big Labor's Radical Agenda

Nick Cote — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:27:26 -0400

Over the Labor Day weekend, columns by National Right to Work president Mark Mix appeared in newspapers across the country and online exposing Big Labor's power grabs and coercive practices over American workers.

In Investor's Business Daily Mix highlighted the extremism and ethics problems of Craig Becker, the Service Employee International Union's (SEIU) inside man at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB):

In the face of bipartisan opposition, Obama bypassed Congress and installed Becker at the NLRB through a recess appointment. Now that he's established at the head of an agency responsible for overseeing American labor law, Becker is poised to expand Big Labor's privileges even further.

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Obama Labor Board Launches Assault on Workers' Right to Secret Ballot to Remove Unwanted Union

Nick Cote — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:28:58 -0400

Obama Labor Board Launches Assault on Workers' Right to Secret Ballot to Remove Unwanted Union

NLRB's decision to revisit pro-worker precedent highlights Board Member Craig Becker's refusal to recuse himself despite massive conflicts of interest

Michelle Malkin: "President Obama's fraudulent ethics pledge"

Nick Cote — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:49:58 -0400

In her latest syndicated column, Michelle Malkin highlights the National Right to Work Foundation's request that Attorney General Eric Holder investigate National Labor Relations Board Member Craig Becker for violating his ethics pledge by participating in cases involving his former employer, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).

Wall Street Journal: Craig Becker's "Recusal Refusal"

Nick Cote — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:43:27 -0400

The Wall Street Journal slammed Obama recess appointee Craig Becker this week for participating in cases before the National Labor Relations Board involving his former employer, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU):

In his few months at the NLRB, Mr. Becker, former associate general counsel for the Service Employees International Union, has refused to recuse himself from most cases involving his former employer. This despite the fact that Mr. Becker signed the Obama Administration's vaunted ethics pledge, in which he promised to refrain for two years from participating in "any particular matter involving specific parties that is directly and substantially related to my former employer."

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Worker Advocate Asks Attorney General Holder to Investigate Apparent Violations of Obama Ethics Pledge by Labor Board Member

Nick Cote — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:01:01 -0400

Worker Advocate Asks Attorney General Holder to Investigate Apparent Violations of Obama Ethics Pledge by Labor Board Member

Craig Becker, Obama’s recess NLRB appointee, has rejected requests to recuse himself from pending cases involving his former employer

Obama Recess Appointee Refuses to Recuse Himself in Twelve of Thirteen Cases Despite Clear Bias, Conflicts of Interest

Nick Cote — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:34:31 -0400

Obama Recess Appointee Refuses to Recuse Himself in Twelve of Thirteen Cases Despite Clear Bias, Conflicts of Interest

New federal labor board member and former SEIU union lawyer Craig Becker thumbs his nose at much-touted Obama ethics policy

Washington, DC (June 9, 2010) – Craig Becker, President Barack Obama’s controversial recess appointee to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), responded this week to 13 motions for his recusal filed by National Right to Work Foundation attorneys in cases pending before the Board.

Will Former SEIU Lawyer and Current NLRB Member Craig Becker Adhere to His Ethics Pledge?

Nick Cote — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 15:29:06 -0400

Here's an update on National Right to Work's ongoing effort to hold Big Labor-affiliated Obama appointees accountable.

Following the initial round of filings, National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys have now filed supplements to their motions asking National Labor Relations Board Member Craig Becker to recuse himself from pending cases. In addition to the former SEIU and AFL-CIO union lawyer's clear bias and hostility toward the Foundation, Becker's signed Ethics Pledge should preclude his participation in cases in which he and his clients had direct involvement. The relevant portion of the Ethics Pledge: